Glove



(No Model.)

A. MfYOUNG.

GLOVE.

No. 410.999. Patented Sept. 10, 1889.

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ANNIE M. YOUNG, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOABBY O. SMITH OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLOVE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,999, datedSeptember 10, 1889. I I Application filed May 13, 1889. Serial No.310,611. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANNIE M. YOUNG, of Providence, county of Providence,State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Gloves, of which the following is a specificatiomreference being hadto the drawings accompanying and forming a part hereof, in which Figure1 is a perspective view of my improved glove on a hand. Fig. 2 is a planview of the pattern of the chief piece used in the manufactureof myimproved glove. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the corresponding piece used inthe manufacture of gloves as now made.

In the manufacture of tight-fitting gloves from kid or other similarmaterial a large number of sizes require to be made to suit therequirements of the trade, and this renders it necessary for retail andother dealers to carry very large stocks of gloves. This might beavoided by lessening the number of sizes; but with the accuracy of fitnow required and the style of gloves as at present made it is impossibleto lessen the number of sizes and give satisfaction to customers. As atpresent made, so far as known to me, tightfitting gloves, especiallyladieskid gloves, are subjected to great strain across the hand near thebase of the thumb just below the opening in the glove, and this strainvery frequently results in starting the glove at that pointthat is,cracking the material or slightly tear-- ing itwhile below thatpoint-that is, in the palm of the hand-the same glove will becomparatively slack and will have, if anything, too much material. Thissame tightness of the glove across the hand at or near the base of thethumb is the cause of considerable loss to glove dealers, inasmuch aspurchasers of gloves frequently insist upon having their gloves fittedto them by the dealer, and in putting them on they are always stretchedat this point, and should either of the pair of gloves be strained or beotherwise unsatisfactory, that particular pair of glovesmust be laidaside by the dealer, to be sold, if they can be sold at all, at aninferior price. The number of gloves thus damaged is often reckoned ashigh as one pair in every dozen.

To avoid these objections and produce a glove which may with a lessnumber of sizes be fitted to any hand, as also one which may be tried onwithout danger of damaging it, and which also may be made to fit moreaccurately around the palm of the hand than has hitherto been possible,so far as I know, are the chief objects of my invention.

I have shown my invention as embodied in a ladys kid glove, and I willdescribe the same, using letters of reference to the accompany- 6o ingdrawings.

The thumb and fingers of my glove are the same, substantially, as ingloves as now commonly made. The hand portion of the glove A, as alsothe backs and fronts of the fingers, are, as in kid gloves as at presentusually made, formed in one piece. The shape of said piece when fiat andas cut from the material being for my improved glove of the shape shown,Fig. 2, and being for gloves as now commonly made of the shape shown inFig. 3.

It will be noted that the difference between said piece in my improvedglove and the corresponding piece as now used consists in cutting out ofthe piece which is used to make my improved glove a peculiar taperingand substantially lance-shaped portion B, extending from a point nearthe base of the fingers and gradually widening past the thumb-hole C andextending with substantially parallel 8o sides toward the opening at thetop of the glove. The exact shape of this piece is not essential,although it cannot be varied substantially in gloves adapted for handsof normal shape, and for kid gloves it is preferably of the shape shown.The shape of the piece B and the amount of material removed should besuch that when the glove is laced on the hand of the wearer the. twoedges of this opening should meet, or substantially meet, 0 throughoutthe whole or nearly the whole length of the opening in order topresentaneat appearance and not show the flesh of the hand.

Thetapering piece, which is cut from the pattern of my improved glove,may also be utilized and is of some slight value, so that the first costof the material is no greater than in gloves as now made, in which noneof the material is cut out, but only a slit is made, as shown at D, Fig.3, beginning at a point opposite the thumb-hole and extending to the topof the glove.

In finishing my glove any of the well-known fastenings may be employed;but I prefer for the best results to lace the opening, as shown, Fig. 1,providing eyelets for that purpose on either side of the opening, fromthe lower or finger end thereof to a point opposite the thumb, andlacing studs or hooks from that point to the top of the glove. Theseeyelets may of course be covered and concealed,and the sewing and otherfeatures of the glove may be varied, as in the various styles of gloves110w made.

By this construction quarter-sizes of gloves may be avoided, the sameaccuracy of fit which is now obtained by the manufacturer of full, half,and quarter sizes being obtainable in my improved gloves by themanufacture of full and half sizes only. In this way the stock of glovesnow necessarily carried by dealers may be very largely reduced withoutproducing dissatisfaction among customers. Such a glove, it will beclear, may also be tried on the purchaser and its fit ascertainedwithout distort iug or breaking the glove or diminishing its value to asubsequent purchaser.

It is also possible with my improved glove to fit a hand of abnormalshape with great accuracy by varying the shape of the piece B and thusvarying the shape of the opening. As the back of the hand is the partmost difficult, as also most desirable, to have the glove fitaccurately, my improved glove is particularly adapted to accurately fitthe back of the hand, as if at any point there is a slight fullness orlooseness it may be taken up by the lace. It is also true that the palmbeing in my glove, as it were, adjustable or capable of being taken upby the lace, a glove of less size may be worn if made according to myin1- provement. This feature is important since it materially cheapensthe cost of producing the glove.

I am aware that gloves have been previously made having long slits oropenings to allow the hand to be inserted, as in loosed-fitting glovesdesigned for special purposes, which have been slit up the back andlaced, and I do not broadly claim a glove having an opening from a pointnear the base of the fingers to the top.

lVhat I do claim is- A glove constructed with an opening in the palmportion from near the base of the fingers to the top, with means forclosing the same, said opening being formed by the removal of a piece ofthe material, whereby the fullness of the glove in the palm of the handis removed and the strain of the material opposite the thumb isobviated, substantially as shown and described.

ANNIE M. YOUNG.

\Vitncsses:

ROBERT THOMPSON, JOHN F. lllURRAY.

